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Kozaburo Hirai

was a Japanese composer and professor of music. He was the father of pianist, composer and musicologist Takejiro Hirai and cellist Jyoichiro Hirai.

Works, editions and recordings

  • Idyl for clarinet 1941
  • Song Nara-yama (平城山, Nara mountain), recorded by Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) and Ensemble Lunaire. Japanese Folk Melodies transcribed by Akio Yashiro. CBS Records, 1978.
  • Song Yuri-kago (ゆりかご, the rocking cradle)

References